Decatur Society News Recap and Local Weddings
Social items from Decatur cover Welfare Board meeting at 9:50 a.m. at Mrs. J. T. Nelep and remarks on Joseph E. Loosier and Louise Ashe marriage in Pulaski Tennessee. Also notes on prayer meetings, birthday party for Christine Hamilton, hospital updates, and multiple church and club activities throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Welfare Board
Tv Welfare Board
J. T. Nelep
W. H. Ritter
Everyove
Joseph E. Loosier
Pulaski, Tenn
Louise Ashe
N.C
Methodist Woman's Missionary Society
John
Lucy Bell
Mattie Jones
J. W Cunningham
Reed Rogers
J. R. Thomas
A. J. Harris
J. W. Mwphy
W. E Steed
Benevolent Society
Hospital
Morgan County National
New Trial Motion For Patterson Heard This Month
Details race case Patterson faces a new trial motion in Morgan County after earlier judgments. The Scottsboro defendants gained renewed attention as motions and appeals unfold in Athens and nearby courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
Scottsboro
Jackson County
Morgan County
United States Supreme Court
Paterson
J. E. Horton
Athens
Clarence Norris
Davis and Walton Take Fugitive Mathews to Stand Trial
Sheriff Bud Davis and Deputy Aaron Walton left for Terre Haute Indiana to extradite Ananias Mathews a Negro fugitive for 12 years and return him to Decatur to face trial for the 1921 slaying of Carrie Taylor. An indictment was returned in June 1921 and extradition papers were issued after Decatur police tipped off Indiana officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Davis
Aaron Walton
Terre Haute
Ind
Ananias Mathews
Decatur
Carrie Taylor
Mathews
Morgan ‘County
Montgomery
Indiana
Baby Promise Ad Seeks Help From Mrs Mildred Owens
An old advertisement invites readers denied of a baby to write to Mrs Mildred Owens in Kansas City Missouri for a claimed home method. It promotes hope and blessings and cites numerous satisfied clients without offering verifiable proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Owens
Coates House
Kansas City
Adv
Wm. M. Scholl
Foot Authority
Chicago
Central
Shoe Store
Moore & Stevens
Water stage details for General Joe Wheeler Pool plans
War Department data via Tennessee Valley Authority outlines Decatur water stages under the General Joe Wheeler project. Normal pool at low water is 565 feet on the Decatur gauge, about 21 feet, with March 1867 flood reaching 563 feet roughly 29 feet. Spillway gates open could prevent higher backwater impacts, says Major R. R. Neyland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Meyer
Meyer & Spencer
Joe Wheeler
War Department
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Authority
R. R. Neyland
Corps of Engineers
New Year Revelers Face Court for Weekend Infractions
Seven offenders were brought into police court this morning to answer weekend infractions. Two were fined for drunk and disorderly conduct, two for drunkenness and fighting, two for prohibition violation, and one for being drunk.
Itinerary for Morgan County demonstrations on home cooking
Miss Erien Rowe presents a week of demonstrations on cheese making and family food supply. The schedule includes Eva January 3 at 9 30 am Gan dy's Cove 1 30 pm Ryan's January 4 girls at 9 am women at 1 30 pm Neal January 5 9 30 am Danville 1 30 pm. Saturday is at the Hartselle office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erien Rowe
Morgan County
Eva
Gandy
Danville
Hartselle
Briscoe Visits Decatur in Morgan County Jury Work
Briscoe of Ryan's, a Morgan County jury commission member, made a business call in Decatur today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Briscoe
Ryan's
Morgan County Jury Commission
Decatur
Miss Mare Legg Visits Hartselle Friend
Miss Mare Legg of Athens visits Miss Willie Maude Crutchfield at Hartselle to spend time together during a local social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mare Legg
Athens
Willie Maude Crutchfield
Hartselle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Loosier
Ashe
Ayua
Liberty
M. Ashe
Sternes Ave
Asheville
J. L. Loosier
Seventh Avenue
West
Bob Huie
A. Z. Bailey
Wiley
T. M. Wiley
Santa Claus
Samme Stephenson
Bobby Walton
Jean Russell
Jack Catlett
Margaret Ann Collier
Mary Ann Cardin
Billy Callahan
Patsy Ann Patterson
Paul Harry Eubanks Henry
Robert Long
Katherine Sherman
Judith Coolidge
Paul G. Hargrove
Sarah Fly
Elizabeth Ann Gunn
Elizabeth Houston
Sam Byars
Jack
Catlett
First Methodist Society
Cotillion Club
Cottillion Club
Hotel Lyons Assembly Rooms
E. M. Lee
C. M. Dale
Jesus
Central P.T. A
W. R. Johnson
Bible
Woods
Band of Westminster
Harry Reiss
Gordon Drive
First Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary
T. G. Morrow
FP. H. Kirby
Christine Hamilton
Johnston Street
Ced
Hosnel
Kathmel
J. C. Kloopfer
Mrs. Wiley Owen
Mrs. J. R. Daniel
R. T. Rives
Mrs
Jesse Hall
Atlanta
Mary D. Simpson
the Benevolent Hospital
Guy F. Ponder
Haleyville
W. F. Clarkson
C. A. Elmner
Mobile
Birmingham
Sally Brown
Sam Malone, Jr
University of Alabama
8. H. Malone
Margaret Chenault
Eugene Chenault
University At
Tuscaloosa
F. L. Chenault
Lester Corbett
Parish
Hardlege
Morriston
Ark
Goidel’s
Princess
Lilian Harvey
John Boles
EL Brendel
Chic
Julia Boyd
Park Avenue
New York
N. Y
Decatur Daily Fashion Bureau
New York, N. Y
Davis
Walton
Meyer
H. M
Ays
Frank Capra
Second Avenue
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